France held a heavyweight showdown with Spain in the 2021 Nations League final in Milan on Sunday evening. The reigning world champion Didier Deschamps celebrated an epic comeback in the round of 16 in Turin against neighboring Belgium.
Theo Hernández scored in stoppage time of a high-profile game to complete the second half of the French comeback after Kylian Mbappé scored a tough penalty after Karim Benzema’s initial shot.
Nations League – Belgium had led at halftime after a quick double from Yannick Carrasco and Romelu Lukaku 20, and the Chelsea striker also saw a late hit excluded due to offside.
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Spain finished last night’s record of 37 unbeaten games from European champions Italy and secured last place thanks to a brace from Ferran Torres.
While La Roja and France will meet in the final on Sunday, Belgium and Italy will meet in third place and they also met in the quarter-finals of Euro 2020 in Munich in the summer.
After four minutes in extra time, Theo Hernández came off the ground with a ball and fired a shot from Courtois’ hand after Pavard’s center went unfinished after a bombing on Griezmann.
. 87th minute: Carrasco passes Pavard too easily, Belgium on the left and plays a good deep middle for Lukaku, who gets Lucas Hernández past Lloris on the right and sideways.
Belgium celebrate what they think is a likely winning goal, but wait a second! The offside flag is up – it won’t count! Replays show Lukaku was just ahead of Hernandez when that ball came in.